Family Relations Blog

       This week in Family Relations we discussed an interesting topic this week in class. We talked about having a healthy and fulfilling intimate life with a spouse. Which I thought was a really interesting topic to talk about. We talked about some of the differences between men and women. My favorite comparison was that men are like microwaves and that women are more like crockpots. But one thing that I thought was interesting was we talked about going from not having intimate relations and then transitioning into it. For myself I found this to be the most interesting because as Christian I’ve always thought about how you can have a fulfilling intimate life even if you wait till marriage. Because it has always sometimes seemed like it would be hard to transition from doing pretty much nothing and now all the sudden everything is okay to do. And I think this is a common concern for many other people that are waiting for marriage. Cause I do think that parents or...

In my Family Relations class, we have started to talk a lot about the different stages in relationships from “hanging out” to marriage. But most specifically we talked about getting engaged. About how traditionally getting engaged was a more private and intimate moment, but recently it has really become something to post on Instagram to tell everyone. It is really interesting how it has changed through the years. And I think everyone has their opinions on how it should and should be done. But I thought it was really interesting to discuss some of the benefits of going through a more traditional approach to getting engaged. That it’s okay if not everyone sees cause in the long run it’s all about you and your fiancé. And every couple is different on how they would want their proposal to go. For myself I’ve never really put much thought into getting engaged, but when I see engagements, I only get to see the ones that everyone posts. Through the week we discussed some of the many changes...

  Through this week in my Family Relations class, we began to discuss some of the important aspects about dating and things to look for and things to avoid. And I thought this topic overall, was very interesting cause as a college student this definitely applies to me now. That the way someone goes about a date really says something about a person and the type of person they would be in a relationship. That these days there isn’t a whole lot of planning involved when it comes to dating these days because it mostly just involves “hanging out”. While there is some ease when going about it that way but with a planned date that is planned, paired off and paid for can tell a lot about the person. Through dating you are able to determine the personality of a person when going on dates to see the type of person they would be in a relationship.  Through recent years going on dates has become more of just “hanging out”. And the cause of this I think is due to the fear of rejection....

In my family relations class this week we had a very interesting discussion about some of the differences between men and women. But not concerning the biological differences but some of the mental and emotional differences between the two. We talked about some of the basics that we all kind of already know about, how women tend to be more nurturing whereas men tend to be more of the protectors. But some of the examples we talked about that I thought were really interesting were about how boys seem to either put their full effort into something but won’t put any effort into something else whereas women tend to be more scattered in their focus. Then we also talked about how men tend to focus more on being right despite the outcome whereas women tend to think more of the outcomes. Throughout the discussion we discussed many of the differences between men and women when it comes to their focuses on life and the differences in between their decision making.  One of the differences ...